The underlying tendency is to the upside for shares in The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. and the timing is opportune to get back into the stock. A comeback of the upward dynamic can be anticipated.
Strengths
● The earnings growth currently anticipated by analysts for the coming years is particularly strong.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
● There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
Weaknesses
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● Low profitability weakens the company.
● With an expected P/E ratio at 45.25 and 30.04 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. is a distributor of specialty food products in the United States, the Middle East and Canada. The Company offers stock-keeping units (SKUs), ranging from specialty foods and ingredients to basic ingredients and staples, produce and center-of-the-plate proteins. Its product categories include center-of-the-plate, dry goods, pastry, cheeses and charcuterie, produce, dairy and eggs, oils and vinegars and kitchen supplies. It operates through the food product distribution segment, which is concentrated primarily in the United States. The Companyâs customer base consists primarily of menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolateries, cruise lines, casinos and specialty food stores. Its center-of-the-plate products include custom cut beef, seafood and hormone-free poultry, as well as produce and food products, such as cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk and flour.
THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, INC. 
